title: Blood constituent responses of animals culled with succinyldicholine and hexamethonium.
abstract: Blood constituent responses of elephants and buffaloes culled in the Kruger National Park, using a mixture of succinyldicholine and hexamethonium, were compared to those of animals culled with succinyldicholine only. The results show a decreased physiological response in the animals culled with the mixture, characterised by lower total catecholamine, cortisol and glucose concentrations. Neither a delay of up to 30 min in obtaining blood samples from culled animals, nor a delay of up to 30 min in processing samples obtained immediately after cessation of respiration, gave any significant difference in the blood constituents which were measured.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hattingh
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ganhao
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Moyes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Vos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000097:blood*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D004606:Elephants / Q000097:blood*; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002395:Catecholamines; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds; D013390:Succinylcholine; D006854:Hydrocortisone